In the previous part of my exploration of the impact of strong encryption on our security agencies, I described the unsophisticated days of intercepting telephony in the 1970s. With voice communications, it’s largely a case …

The debate about law enforcement access to encrypted communications has flared up again recently. It seems that everyone has a view on the subject, including a string of American visitors to our shores: US Senator …

With Chelsea Manning’s release from prison imminent, following the surprise commutation of her sentence in January by former President Obama, the issue of what happens to Edward Snowden will resurface. Manning was sentenced to jail …

There’s a debate going on in the US at the moment that isn’t attracting much commentary here. While it’s a touch arcane, it’s worthy of public discussion. The question is the organisational arrangement for America’s …

The 2007 theft of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter plans was this week officially linked to China by German newspaper Der Spiegel. The classified US document, given to the paper by Edward Snowden, detailed the …